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What does trass mean?

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Noun
  1. (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
  2. A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
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Sometimes a proportion of common sand mortar instead of lime is mixed with the trass.
After it has been quarried it is ground in mills, and used for cement stone under the name of trass.
But the trass boy finished his remarks about destiny in a very short time.
It is evident that this will form a pozzuolanic cement if a suitable silicious material such as trass is added to the cement.
He wished that the trass boy would talk forever about destiny.
For example, stiff concrete ring beams damaged by carbonation and rusting reinforcement will be replaced with new trass lime elements reinforced with glass fibre.

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